The Baptist Union of Queensland – Carinity is set to answer a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Lake in his Brisbane chambers (Stacpoole).
May 17, 2019
After being “swamped” by nominations for the position of president of its Cairns Branch, the Urban Development Institute of Australia Queensland board has appointed Far North lawyer Ranjit Singh to the position.
May 17, 2019
Five staff were assaulted by a patient at Waikato Hospital. A security guard who was seriously assaulted in an attack at Waikato Hospital has been hailed a hero for saving nurses from the oxygen cylinder wielding patient. The patient was being treated at a surgical ward at Waikato Hospital around 2am on Wednesday when they lashed out. The female guard is in the high dependency unit and is now awaiting surgery, a source says. The source, who did not want to be identified, said the guard was “messed up”. “She is having surgery on her hand later, and behind all the swelling and bruising, her face is broken. “The nurses are calling her a hero. “She effectively saved them from being more seriously injured.” The source understands the guard witnessed at least two nurses being attacked by a patient with an oxygen cylinder and stepped in to help. Waikato District health Board Executive Director of Public Affairs, Lydia Aydon, confirmed five staff members – four nurses and one security guard – were assaulted.
May 17, 2019
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and RSL Care RDNS Limited will contest a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Fair Work Commissioner Wilson in Court 10 – Level 5 in Melbourne.
May 17, 2019
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency is facing a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) in front of Deputy President Beaumont in chambers in WA (Corney).
May 17, 2019
Central Coast Living Options facing a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work Deputy President Sams in Hearing Room 11-1 – Level 11 in Sydney (Antaw-Molloy).
May 16, 2019
Advanced Health Invest Pty Ltd is running a s.604 (Appeal of decisions) before Fair Work Deputy President Gostencnik in Hearing Room 11-3 – Level 11 in Sydney (Chan).
May 16, 2019
Health Minister Roger Cook has released figures showing a staggering 38 per cent increase in assaults on nurses, with an alarming uptick in violence against health staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Government data showed assaults on nurses across the WA health system had jumped from 703 incidents in the second half of 2017 to 971 incidents during the same period in 2018. Most of the growth in assaults had come from Sir Charles Gairdner, where there were 265 more assaults on nurses for the given periods this year than last. It comes days after a 55-year-old nurse at Royal Perth Hospital was allegedly stabbed in the neck by a patient with a makeshift blade.
